Analysis of Under the Light, yet under

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Under the Light, yet under,
Under the Grass and the Dirt,
Under the Beetle's Cellar
Under the Clover's Root,

Further than Arm could stretch
Were it Giant long,
Further than Sunshine could
Were the Day Year long,

Over the Light, yet over,
Over the Arc of the Bird—
Over the Comet's chimney—
Over the Cubit's Head,

Further than Guess can gallop
Further than Riddle ride—
Oh for a Disc to the Distance
Between Ourselves and the Dead!


Scheme AXAX XBXB AXXC XXXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 1001110 1001001 100110 10011 101111 01101 10111 00111 1001110 1001101 1001010 10011 1011110 101101 11011010 01001001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 429
Words 79
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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